Dimensions of engorging Ixodes ricinus as a measure of feeding duration

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 295, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 567-572

  Gray, Jeremy ^a   Stanek, Gerold ^b   Kundi, Michael ^b   Kocianova, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Feeding duration; Ixodes ricinus; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; LABORATORY; LEG; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

EID: 27644561907     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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